The age of wonder : how the Romantic generation discovered the beauty and terror of science /
This volume examines and recounts the history of the men and women whose discoveries and inventions at the end of the eighteenth century gave birth to the Romantic Age of Science. Notable among them are Joseph Banks, a botanist whose experiences in Tahiti were life-changing; William Herschel, the ec...
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Format: | Book |
Language: | English |
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New York :
Vintage Books,
2010.
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Edition: | 1st Vintage Books ed. |
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509.41 .H65 2010 |
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509.41 .H65 2010 | Available |